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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #18958870 - 10/10/13 11:23 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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I did put holes on all 6 sides. I'm wondering how I can keep the perlite moist without also soaking the cakes?



Mist it when you mist your cakes....

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You don't want to take them out just to mist the perlite, right?



No, leave them in there and mist them too.

Mist the cakes directly with a fine mist until they glisten, then fan out the chamber.

Mist the cakes again when the water you previously applied has evaporated.

The perlite will get wet every time you do this.


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: PussyFart]
    #18958932 - 10/10/13 11:35 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I'll do this. The air here seems pretty dry so I might have to do this many times a day. We'll see what happens.


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #18959011 - 10/10/13 11:53 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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When I first looked at this I thought it looked like cobweb, especially at the top right...looks from how the thread is going that it's not though :shrug:

OP - can you PM me a link to that ensemble of diarrhea that they claim is a grow kit a few posts back? With the pump and that... I'm just curious...

Good luck and I bet you get so much more satisfaction doing things properly rather than using a kit :smile:

At the same time ignore all the disparaging remarks at the start of this thread...people love to be all "LOL stoobid noob is a noob lets post a gif LULZ" :thumbup:


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: Skinty]
    #18959107 - 10/10/13 12:15 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Skinty said:OP - can you PM me a link to that ensemble of diarrhea that they claim is a grow kit a few posts back? With the pump and that... I'm just curious...




Done. Anybody can find it by searching for "mushroom grow kit" on amazon. You can't miss it on the first page of results. And thanks for the encouragement! :thumbup:


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #18960733 - 10/10/13 06:15 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Does anybody know, if a mushroom begins to abort, that's it? It's going to abort no matter what, even if the conditions change? I think I might have misted the cake, on the right in the last pic I posted, too much.


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #18960976 - 10/10/13 07:02 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Some of them always stop growing, you always have some aborts. They do not abort because od misting. You just need to have patience and pick what grows. You can´t revitalise aborts.
All in all, seems to be quite a poor harvest. May I propose to do some enquiries on how to grow your own mycelia for the next time? Make a spore print and think about it, now you´ve got the terrarium anyway.


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: Rauhfasertapete]
    #18973511 - 10/13/13 07:00 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Doing much better now. Still won't be the greatest harvest but at the rate I was going that cake would have ended up in the trash. The misting and fanning really brought out the pins. They're growing slow though. If the weather were hotter and more humid here they'd be growing much faster and bigger. They really need a humidifier but I'd have to humidify a whole room and that sounds a bit much. I'm thinking about setting up a closet.




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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #18973554 - 10/13/13 07:14 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Doing much better now. Still won't be the greatest harvest but at the rate I was going that cake would have ended up in the trash. The misting and fanning really brought out the pins. They're growing slow though. If the weather were hotter and more humid here they'd be growing much faster and bigger. They really need a humidifier but I'd have to humidify a whole room and that sounds a bit much. I'm thinking about setting up a closet.



First of all if your humidity is not high enough try adding more perlite...should have 4-5" of it.

Secondly if you get a humidifier, you would want to humidify the room, not the chamber.

And how do you know your humidity is low? Made in china hygrometer?

And SGFCs do not really perform well in a closet a lot of times.


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #18973624 - 10/13/13 07:39 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I only have 3" of perlite in there so it could use some more. I know I'd want to humidify the room. How would I even fit a humidifier in the chamber? I'm not using a hygrometer. It's just that the air is dry and they've grown better for me during the hotter and more humid months of summer.


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #18973633 - 10/13/13 07:43 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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I only have 3" of perlite in there so it could use some more. I know I'd want to humidify the room. How would I even fit a humidifier in the chamber?



Well some people get the idea of piping it in....not sure where your head was lol.

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It's just that the air is dry and they've grown better for me during the hotter and more humid months of summer.



Yes, the ambient air might be dry, but if the chamber was built right I highly doubt you will have issues.

Are you using an isolate, or just random MS genetics?


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: PussyFart]
    #18973848 - 10/13/13 08:32 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Notahacker420 said:Are you using an isolate, or just random MS genetics?




MS = Multiple Sclerosis? You lost me there. It was a pre put together grow kit which was already inoculated. So I guess I couldn't answer that.


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #18973851 - 10/13/13 08:33 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

MS = multi-spore


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #18973855 - 10/13/13 08:34 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

MS = Multi Spore

If you are buying grow kits then this is party why the flushes suck.

Yes, you are dealing with MS...which is just a bunch of random unpredictable genetics.

Kits are a big waste if you ask me.


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #18975641 - 10/14/13 08:06 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I agree after this experience that kits are a big waste. Next time I'll do jars and syringes. I remembered I have a thermometer in the fridge that also reads humidity. It's not digital. It has the name Taylor on it which seems to be a popular name. So I don't think it's from China. It's reading 52% in the house. That's pretty dry? I'll put it in the chamber and see what it reads today. You want at least 80-90% right?


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #18975702 - 10/14/13 08:35 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

To do a proper pf-tek now all you need is spores and a syringe, both I assume you have already? If not you could probably find a syringe at the drug store or get one on amazon. Then get widemouth half pints, brown rice or brown rice flour (you'll need to grind the br into brf) and then vermiculite and you're good. Just be sterile when taking your spore print and making the syringe. After that all you'll need to buy to keep growing is brf and vermiculite, you can save the perlite and reuse it and make as many spore prints as you want.


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: krypto2000]
    #18976242 - 10/14/13 11:46 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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To do a proper pf-tek now all you need is spores and a syringe, both I assume you have already?




Nope. I was going to buy spores in syringes. I don't mind spending a little money. Being on SSI, I guess it's easy to piss money away when you don't have to work for it. :grin: I realize it seems to be a game here where the object is to grow the maximum amount possible with the least amount of cash spent. I feel like I'm ahead just not having to buy them from a "dealer". And I don't even know any dealers. I'm a major loner with no friends, family or connections to buy, sell or share with. So, I don't need a lot. Also, it looks like the temperature and humidity is perfect in the chamber. If the thermometer is right.



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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #19032587 - 10/25/13 07:00 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I'm wondering about a few things here. Some of the caps are brown or light brown and some are like a light yellowish color. I circled the ones with a light yellow color. Is this from being inoculated with multispores? They were supposed to be Thai's. The ones with light yellow caps are cracking and turning blue from bruising. They haven't been touched. What could be causing this? Also, what could be causing all of them to stretch sideways instead of growing straight up?



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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: kitkit69]
    #19035593 - 10/26/13 12:54 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

They are fine....


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: Icesyn]
    #19035610 - 10/26/13 12:59 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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The reason why you're not seeing the top layer colonize is because it shouldn't be colonizing. Dry vermiculite acts as a nutritionless filter to stop contams from reaching the nutritious substrate that the myc is trying to take over. Same applies with PF cakes and basic casing. Use the search function for more info.




uuuuhhhhh...no...the verm is a casing layer which creates a proper micro-climate for fruiting....you don't even need one for cubensis...don't spread bad info please. Help keep the shroomery clean.


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Re: Barely any mycelium after a month [Re: Nakor420]
    #19036015 - 10/26/13 02:44 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I don't see who you were responding to. I'm sure they're fine but I was wondering why they were bending sideways and downward. It seemed like they were bending down towards the perlite maybe for more moisture. I've been misting and fanning them at least 6 times a day.


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